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[2017]., Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 363.31 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Essential library of the information age.Summary Note: This book examines how and why schools, special-interest groups, and governments attempt to suppress information in print and online.
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[2016]., Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 809.39353 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Summary Note: This title examines the role and theme of the coming of age archetype in A Separate Peace, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Giver, and The Fault in Our Stars. It features four analysis papers that consider the coming of age theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme.
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c2011., Facts on File, Inc. Call No: 363.31 Edition: 3rd ed. Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Banned books (2011)Summary Note: Illustrates the extent and frequency of censorship in nearly every form of writing by tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions, and democratic governments alike that have banned books that challenged their assumptions or questioned their activities.
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c2011., Facts on File Call No: 809 .933538 Edition: 3rd ed. Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Banned books (2011)Summary Note: Text examines the issues underlying the suppression of numerous works deemed sexually obscene.
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2011., Facts on File Call No: 363.31 09 Edition: 3rd ed. Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Banned books (2011)Summary Note: Discusses the many works that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths. Topics include widely held assumptions, or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog.
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[2016]., Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 809.933543 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Summary Note: This title examines the theme of love in Divergent, Of Mice and Men, Shakespeare's sonnets, and Disney fairy tales, primarily Frozen. It features four analysis papers that consider the love theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme.
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[2016]., Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 809.387 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Summary Note: This title examines the role and theme of the quest archetype in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Hunger Games, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It features four analysis papers that consider the quest theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme.
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[2017]., Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC Call No: 098 .10973 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Summary Note: This book examines banned books across U.S. history, looking at the motivations and effects of censorship, showing how our view of right and wrong has evolved over the years, and helping to understand the tremendous importance of books and films in our society. It provides explanations of the true nature of the objections along with the motives of the authors, publishers, and major proponents of the books.
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2015., Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning Call No: 813 .6 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Social issues in literature.Summary Note: Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of author, Suzanne Collins.
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[2017]., ReferencePoint Press, Inc. Call No: B Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Collective biographies (ReferencePoint Press)Summary Note: This book profiles the lives of six young adult authors: J.K. Rowling, Walter Dean Myers, Rainbow Rowell, Nnedi Okorafor, Suzanne Collins, and John Green.
